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The discovery of the midget submarine confirms the account radioed to naval command at Pearl Harbor at 6:45 am on Dec. 7, 1941 . A Japanese submarine was shot through the conning tower and then depth charged trying to enter Pearl Harbor behind the USS Antares. The crew of the attacking USS Ward , an older style four stack destroyer, saw the midget sub lifted out of the water by depth charges after firing the fatal shot from its four inch side gun. The Ward's crew were Naval reservists from St. Paul, Minnesota. Unfortunately, Naval command in Pearl Harbor ignored the Ward's report and the aerial attack began at 8 am. At the Pearl Harbor investigation, some question was made of the accuracy of the Ward's report. The Ward is now vindicated. The Ward itself was later targeted by the Japanese and sunk in a kamikaze attack, ironically on Dec. 7, 1944, in the Philippines.
The US was warned by, at least, the governments of Britain, Netherlands, Australia, Peru, Korea and the Soviet Union that a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was coming. All important Japanese codes were broken.
From traffic analysis, HI (Hawaii) reported that the carrier force was at sea and in the North. THE MOST AMAZING FACT is that in reply to that report, MacArthur's command sent a series of three messages, Nov 26, 29, Dec 2, to HI lying about the location of the carrier fleet - saying it was in the South China Sea. This false information, which the NSA calls inexplicable, was the true reason that HI was caught unawares. Duane Whitlock, who sadly passed away in 2005, sent those messages.
...read the article for more examples.
On the morning of September 4, 1941, destroyer USS Greer (DD 145) was en route from Newfoundland to Iceland when she picked up sonar contact with a German sub. A British patrol plane had warned Greer that the U-boat was lurking in her path earlier. The destroyer made and held contact uneventfully for nearly 3 1/2 hours, when suddenly, a torpedo was spotted heading for the ship. Greer turned sharply, avoiding the torpedo, and let loose a salvo of depth charges. Again, a sharp turn and another torpedo charged by the destroyer, which was followed by a salvo of depth charges from Greer. By late afternoon, Greer lost contact and after a three-hour search, she continued on to Iceland. Apparently, the sub had dropped the fight, but the attack prompted President Roosevelt to issue orders to "shoot on sight" any warships within "our defensive waters."
The destroyer USS Kearny (DD 432) was commissioned on Friday, September 13, 1940. Thirteen months later, Kearny, in company of destroyers Plunkett (DD 429) , Livermore (DD 431), and Decatur (DD 341), was dispatched on an emergency mission 350 miles south of Reyjavik, Iceland. A Canadian convoy was being attacked by German submarines. In the late afternoon of October 16, 1941, the four U.S. destroyers took up station as a screen around the Canadian merchantmen. The wolfpack which was followed by a salvo of torpedoes had temporarily withdrawn, shortly before midnight a merchantman suddenly went up in a ball of flame. The Germans had returned. Kearny and the other DDs rushed to the attack, but the U-boats broke off the engagement.
Minutes passed. Suddenly, two more merchant ships were ripped apart by German torpedoes, and the fight was on again. Near 2 a.m., Kearny had to cut her speed to avoid ramming a Canadian corvette. In the glow of the burning merchant ships, Kearny became a virtual sitting duck and one German submarine skipper took advantage of the situation, firing three torpedoes at the destroyer. Two missed, but the third tore a jagged hole in Kearny's starboard side, thus making her the first U.S. destroyer damaged in World War II. Kearny, which by the extent of the damage should have gone down, managed to limp into Iceland for repairs and continued fighting throughout the war. Greyhounds of the Sea
Tyler was the Army Air Forces' first lieutenant on temporary duty at Fort Shafter's radar information center on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when a radar operator on the northern tip of the island reported that he and another private were seeing an unusually large "blip" on their radar screen, indicating a large number of aircraft about 132 miles away and fast approaching.
"Don't worry about it," Tyler told the radar operator, thinking it was a flight of U.S. B-17 bombers that was due in from the mainland.
• When Japanese Commander Mitsuo Fuchida called out, "Tora! Tora! Tora!" ("Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!") upon flying over Pearl Harbor, it was a message to the entire Japanese navy telling them they had caught the Americans totally by surprise.
originally posted by: biggilo
a reply to: weirdguy
The Netherlands was occupied by Nazi Germany at the time..
originally posted by: Deveron
Oh yeah. They knew! They planned for the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbour. They just needed the right strategy to create the Pearl Harbour False Flag!
Same as the Lusitania sinking to get into WW1, same as the Gulf of Tonkin fake incident to get into the Vietnam War and the same as 9/11 to get into the Middle East Resource and land Grab!
originally posted by: Deveron
a reply to: cavtrooper7
Oh yeah. They knew! They planned for the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbour. They just needed the right strategy to create the Pearl Harbour False Flag!
Just look at weirdguy's link!
It's all the same sorry people killing strategies to make loads of money and gain more power.
Same as the Lusitania sinking to get into WW1, same as the Gulf of Tonkin fake incident to get into the Vietnam War and the same as 9/11 to get into the Middle East Resource and land Grab!
Sinking one midget sub in NO way predicted the coming attack.
originally posted by: PLAYERONE01
a reply to: Schkeptick
Sinking one midget sub in NO way predicted the coming attack.
well no, but was protocol followed. should some state of security not have been entered into. should some kind of reconnaissance not have been actioned.
and as for the age of computers comment that is a reach if i ever read one.
originally posted by: andy1972
The USA knew all too well that an attack was imminent, and that the attack would be the cataclysmic "something" needed to drag the US into WWII..so it had to happen.
Just as they knew the Lusitania would be sunk. The Germans had warned them months before they would do it, but once again, they need an excuse to enter WWI, which, made the USA some millionaires..
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
originally posted by: andy1972
The USA knew all too well that an attack was imminent, and that the attack would be the cataclysmic "something" needed to drag the US into WWII..so it had to happen.
Just as they knew the Lusitania would be sunk. The Germans had warned them months before they would do it, but once again, they need an excuse to enter WWI, which, made the USA some millionaires..
Once again, the sinking of the Lusitania did not get the USA into the war. The ship was torpedoed in 1915. The USA declared war in 1917, after the folly that was the Zimmerman Telegram.